Railway-track fastening.



H. L BERNTHAL, RAILWAY TRAGK FASTENING. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 191].

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

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Patented Nov. as, 1912,

applioationflledjaug ust 25;'1ei1.' .sen'a1 no. 645,955.

To all'tohom'it concern."

7 THAL, a eitizenofthe United States, residing at Denver,-in the" eou'nty of-Idalio, State of Idaho, have invented certain new and"- useful Improvements in Railway-Traok- Fastenings; and I ;.do hereby declare the following to bee a111, clear, and exact description of the-invention, such as will en- 1-0'able others skilled imthe art to which 'it' pppertains toimake and'use thesaine.

Ic'uring rails to ties."

The "principal object of thisinventio'n to provide 'a pair of hooks pivoted'upon a tie-andadaptedito be pinched 11 ono zopo site. sides of thevrail, and then xedly 5ecured'to said tie;

Another objeottof the invention'is toprovide a pair of rail engaging members,

which ar'e'simple in construction, being each:

formed by a single casting, and which are therefore cheap to manufacture; v p With these and other objects in view, the

26 invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinaftenfully described, illustrated in the acoompanying" drawing; and pointed out in the claim hereto ap ended; it being understood thatvari 80 one o anges in the form, proportion siae and minor details of construction, within 'the scope ofthe claim, maybe resorted to;

without departing. from'the spirit or sacri fioing any of the advantages oftheinvefn-J tion.

In the'drawing zf Figure us a detail erspective view showing the a plication o ,m

the il-engagmg members being shown in 40' the inoperative positions, and'Fig 3' is to plan view. g

Like reference numerals designate spondi'n'g parts. in all the 'figuresof the drawing.

Beferringto thedriiwing, odesignatesa railroad tie, and 6 a rail, bothlbeingo'f any Be it known that I, HERMAN his invention relates to meansfor se ;or grip said base;fla the members have; reached the .limit of 'invefition. Fig. 2 is a side e evationthe'reo V suitable construction, the rail, however, be;

'ing provided'with the usual base flange 7. Q

. j. My invention comprises a pair of railengaginginembers A -A formed from flat metal.v Each member geonsists, of a rectangular' bodyportion 8, having openings 93nd 10 respectively formed adjacent what will be referred to as the inner and outer ends thereof; Ine'mberis adapted to lie against floneside of the :tie' 5, so; that the inner end "pro ects over the center-"lineiof the rail 6,

the'opening'Qofsaid members then registering. -A' nail- .1]: driven, into the tie through sa'ido, and thus it will be observed that te members A are fuljcrumed npon said nail. integrall'with each member s an inwardly projecting hook 12, which isadapted to engage the respective base flange "7- of'the rail. ,Itwiil thus be observed that upon raising the out-er ends of the members,-

the h0oks'l2 will be caused-t0 tightly pinch e of the rail. After ,nion means, the levers respectively extending oppositely toward the ends of the tie and terminatin at their outer ends on opposite sides 0 the rail, said rail being adapted E to be clamped to the tie upon upward movement of t e outer ends of the levers, and separate fastening means for securing the outer ends of the levers to the tie.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence 0f.two. witnesses. v HERMAN L. BERNTHAL,

Witnesses:

' Fnno G. 'KLA'IT, E. NQGRAHAM.

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